Decode this METAR's Remarks

[jdwatson]

METAR KRDU 012151Z 27013G21KT 250V320 10SM SCT045 BKN060 05/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 SNB10E21 SLP052 VIRGA NE P0000 T00501078

I found VIRGA, but not the SNB10E21

 

[Ghery]

METAR KRDU 012151Z 27013G21KT 250V320 10SM SCT045 BKN060 05/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 SNB10E21 SLP052 VIRGA NE P0000 T00501078

I found VIRGA, but not the SNB10E21

Snow beginning 10 after the hour and ending 21 after the hour.

Ghery

 

[gkainz]

SNB - snow began, (B) 39,40
SNE - snow ended, (E) 39, 40

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[jdwatson]

Thanks everyone !

 

[glpilot]

SLP052 T00501078

This is the part that always gets me. I looked it up in my aviation weather handbook in the past , but heck if I ever remember what it is.

 

[jdwatson]

Sea level pressure, Temperate & dewpoint (5C / 7.8C)

 

[maximus]

Sea level pressure, Temperate & dewpoint (5C / 7.8C)

T00501078

the 1 before 078 indicates negative temp. 5/-7.8

 

[121Dispatch]

SLP052 = Sea Level Pressure 1005.2. Standard is 1013.2 (mb) or 29.92in (more useful in the cockpit)